Toxic Culture, Horrible Management, Avoid at all Costs - Recruitment Consultant GCS Employee Review

1.0
Oct 22, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

This can be a great opportunity for those who value money over anything. You have to be willing to be worked to the bone and not value ethics.

Cons

If you have even the tiniest amount of integrity, DO NOT WORK HERE. The culture is extremely toxic. - They take "work hard, play hard" to the next level. They have a bigger budget for happy hours (that turn into benders) than they do for basic office supplies. - The minute alcohol is introduced, all of the managers begin hitting on every female in the office. Harassment is common (e.g. accidentally grazing someone's chest or butt) - In the office, there is absolutely no transparency. No one ever knows whats going on in the business and entire processes change at the drop of a hat. Some times you don't find out about the changes until weeks later. People quit or get fired and management acts as if these people never existed. - Overall, management has a horrible attitude. They take out all of their frustrations on the lower level staff, slamming fists on their keyboards. If the office is having a bad week in terms of sales numbers, you can trust that they will be monitoring your restroom breaks, personal call times, the time you arrive and leave (they expect you to work a minimum of 10 hour days) - You will never be given direct feedback. You never know where you stand, where you're struggling, what you do well, things you can improve on, how they can help you. At the end of the day, everyone is a number. They hold the cost of employing you over your head. They openly expect to hire 1 good person for every 10 and will not hesitate to leave behind the other 9.

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GCS Response
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On behalf of the GCS team obviously we are disappointed that your experience wasn’t positive. We always welcome feedback from both current and former employees. Please feel free to contact us anonymously should you want to pick this up. Otherwise, we genuinely wish you the best of luck in your future career.

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